An Escape To The Countryside Poem by RIC BASTASA

inside a white car
you drive towards the
countryside

upon a brown road
you slice a path and
leave
a mob of molecular
dust

along the side of this
country
are blooming wild daisies
where dragonflies
sojourn

there is big mango tree
as old as
the second world war where
bees till today
swarm

the bamboo cottage is
still there
beside a balding hill
where the early morning sun
peeks and stays for a while
perhaps sipping mist
and then
leaves you feeling awkward
about its
fidelity to
routine

for here you are breaking rules
and finding ways still
to be blameless and like a
pure white lamb
unblemished.